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Bill Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, authorizes the board of commissioners of a utility district to use competitive sealed proposals to purchase goods or services instead of competitive sealed bids in emergency situations or when the board determines that the use of competitive sealed bids is either not practical or advantageous to the utility district. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 82, Part 8 and Section 12-3-1207. Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, authorizes the board of commissioners of a utility district to use competitive sealed proposals to purchase goods or services instead of competitive sealed bids in emergency situations or when the board determines that the use of competitive sealed bids is either not practical or advantageous to the utility district. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 82, Part 8 and Section 12-3-1207. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 112 SB 297 Tennessee SB 297 (112)
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Tennessee SB 297 (112) — Utilities, Utility Districts - As enacted, authorizes the board of commissioners of a utility district to use competitive sealed proposals to purchase goods or services instead of competitive sealed bids in emergency situations or when the board determines that the use of competitive sealed bids is either not practical or advantageous to the utility district. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 82, Part 8 and Section 12-3-1207.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/22/2021 Passed (1) — 960 (pass) · lower
  • SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/14/2021 Passed — 90 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/21/2021 Passed — 320 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/22/2021 3/18/2021 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • HOUSE BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 3/10/2021 — 00 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/16/2021 — 00 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Briggs — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2021-01-21 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-01-22 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-02-08 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2021-02-08 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2021-02-08 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2021-02-08 Sponsor change.
  • 2021-02-10 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
  • 2021-02-10 Assigned to s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2021-02-10 P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee referral-committee
  • 2021-03-03 Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 3/10/2021
  • 2021-03-10 Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/16/2021
  • 2021-03-10 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-03-16 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/23/2021
  • 2021-03-16 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-03-17 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/18/2021
  • 2021-03-18 H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/22/2021
  • 2021-03-22 Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 1 passage
  • 2021-03-22 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2021-03-23 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/24/2021
  • 2021-03-23 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/24/2021
  • 2021-03-23 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
  • 2021-03-24 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/30/2021
  • 2021-03-24 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/30/2021
  • 2021-03-25 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2021-03-30 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/6/2021
  • 2021-04-05 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
  • 2021-04-06 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/13/2021
  • 2021-04-07 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
  • 2021-04-13 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/14/2021
  • 2021-04-13 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/14/2021
  • 2021-04-14 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
  • 2021-04-19 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/21/2021
  • 2021-04-21 Companion House Bill substituted
  • 2021-04-21 Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
  • 2021-04-21 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
  • 2021-04-22 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
  • 2021-04-26 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2021-04-26 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2021-04-27 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
  • 2021-05-04 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2021-05-18 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 321
  • 2021-05-18 Effective date(s) 05/04/2021
  • 2021-05-18 Pub. Ch. 321

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/23997e71-d0e1-4930-aa5a-4522fcfd9966. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).